Some token punishment will be applied but don’t expect much more. It’s a business and there is the real story.

]]>By: jdhein22http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646574
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:36:20 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646574tacowrecker – yeah, they are following the model set by the Seahawks.
]]>By: whatevnflhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646553
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 19:29:43 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646553No one drinks and drives at the combine or senior bowl, duh.
]]>By: tacowreckerhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646380
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:06:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646380I’ve heard that the Broncos and their team doctors are partnering with prominent pharmaceutical companies to promote a new plan that encourages pills as an alternative to drinking.
]]>By: theuglitruthhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646379
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 18:06:44 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646379@deljzc

Until you lose a limb because and NFL team (with a history of not addressing the problem) has an employee that was drinking & driving hit you….surely you would suppress the need to sue the team he working for….right? I call BS.

1) They say that for every time you get busted for DUI you have probably driven drunk over 200 times.

2) It seems like most people need a wake up call of actually getting busted for DUI before ever taking it seriously. If you get busted more than once you have a drinking problem.

3) Cab rides are usually $20 – $200. That is a lot of money for some people I guess but not a big deal to anybody making over $100k much less any pro athlete.

4) It is safest to just go ahead and take a cab to your destination(s) if you plan on drinking. Once you are drunk you are not making good decisions about whether you are too drunk to drive or not.

5) That 49er who beat up his teammate with a beer bottle for trying to stop him from driving drunk should definitely be prosecuted. The DA is a hypocritical coward if he does not.

]]>By: dgreenfihttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646290
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:33:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646290I think everyone knew the Broncos organization had a drinking problem when they took Tim Tebow in the 1st round.
]]>By: shayeezyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646223
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:03:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646223Human race should take broader look at binge drinking issue
]]>By: nikroll101http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646206
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:57:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646206If you read about the article saying that Heckert was caught one month before Russell got his DUI, and the Broncos notified the NFL immediately about Heckert’s arrest, I’m pretty sure it’s safe to assume that the NFL kept executive’s and their DUI’s or whatever else under wraps due to the lack of their notoriety. There’s obviously something going through the grapevine of the entire league. Even though there is the example of the punishment to the exec from the other team there’s no way no other exec in the league didn’t get a DUI. I mean come on.
]]>By: junglerat524http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646140
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:27:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646140It’s not just the NFL. Constant travel takes it’s toll on anybody away from home & family.
]]>By: rc33http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646096
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:08:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646096I’ll drink to that.
]]>By: marvsleezyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2646063
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:57:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2646063How much money do these guys make? I heard they may be looking at a $100,000 fine, could that be true?
]]>By: charger383http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2645945
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:22:48 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2645945I wish I made enough money that I could hire a driver when I want to go drinking
]]>By: deljzchttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2645934
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:19:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2645934Can’t people just live how they want? Why does the responsibility of individuals always have fall into the laps of their employers?

Drinking and driving is wrong and both men should be prosecuted by the law accordingly, but I’m getting tired of the soap box morale outrage and how any affluent company or person is supposed to fix everything (i.e. spend money, start a program, make a public statement, etc.)

]]>By: kramer12http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2645920
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:14:58 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2645920I would think the adults in question should be responsible for their own behavior and lifestyle decisions just like any other job
]]>By: dcsweenhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/10/nfl-should-take-broader-look-at-binge-drinking-issue/#comment-2645852
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:50:08 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2195729#comment-2645852It wouldn’t be an easy message for the League to sell what with companies like Diageo, a proud sponsor of FedEx field (WAS), reminding us to drink responsibly … and more. [For a long time, I thought Diageo was an automobile concession or something.]

Booze and football … its hard to think about them as separate things. I remember work travel (in Denver of all places) coming down the escalator on a Tuesday morning after a Monday night game there and John Madden was heading the other direction the up escalator and his face looked very puffy and very pink. All I could think about was the “traditional Irish breakfast” … a tall glass of cold water.